Our Western Balkans trip in 2010 was the first journey my future wife and I took on our own. We’d met on a group tour in Tunisia the winter before on a trip I wasn’t supposed to be on. Originally, I’d found a group tour that covered this area, but we decided to give it a go on our own. In addition to Croatia, we’d also visit Montenegro along with Bosnia and Herzegovina on this trip. I was still using my original travel camera, the Fuji S9000, which shoots at a different aspect ratio than all the cameras that have followed it. As such, most images here have been cropped, though a few remain in their original format.

Photo: Attempt at a creative self-portrait with my future wife not far from our apartment in Dubrovnik. Fun fact: We’d get engaged in London the following month.

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